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Interesting, I didn’t know about the shortcut. By default, plugins are assumed to be compatible with version changes as they have the same match name. I don’t think it is possible to install different versions of the same plugin. If v1 and v2 aren’t compatible, then the developer can use a different match name, effectively making it a different plugin so that the older version and the newer version can be installed and used simultaneously.
regards, Satya.
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 4:47 AM, Mathias Möhl wrote:
One more question: I’ve just discovered the “WriteVersionFileExtra” = “(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+HELP)” trick to get the version numbers of all installed plugins.
probably a question for Todd Kopriva: Is this accessible via scripting somehow? Then I could combine the effect names I get from scripting with the version numbers I get from WriteVersionFileExtra.
Cheers, Mathias Thanks a lot for the quick help, Satya!
Do you mean the version number is not available via scripting or not represented in the project at all? Is it more or less the default that new versions of plugins are not backwards compatible or does this happen rather rarely? In case V1 and V2 of a plugin are not compatible but have the same matchname, is it possible at all to install both versions in parallel on the same machine?
Looking forward to meet you at NAB :-)
Cheers, Mathias
Hello Mathias,
That’ll be tricky. The "Match Names" don’t change with a new version, so you can get them from project files. But, the version numbers are not accessible from the project file.
regards, Satya.
On Monday, March 10, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Mathias Möhl wrote:
Hi everyone,
I need to automatically check for AE projects whether all required plugins are installed.
I can collect the match names of all effects used in the project and compare them with the installed ones (available in app.effects). But what about version numbers?
Is there any way to get the version number of the effects used in the project (and also of the ones that are installed)? Or does the matchname change whenever a new version of a plugin is incompatible with an older one?
Cheers, Mathias
Dr. Mathias Möhl
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Dr. Mathias Möhl
Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany
Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com
Dr. Mathias Möhl
Marlow 52 , 18551 Sagard, Germany
Phone +49 (0)38302 - 88 75 61
info@mamoworld.com
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